OPM officials took the system offline after ... WASHINGTON — The federal web-based system used to fill out and submit background investigation forms was shut down Monday for four to six ...

OPM has not yet confirmed the specific number of Americans whose PII was potentially compromised in a second breach of a system said to contain background check information. News reports have said as ...

Potential government employees and contractors will not be able to fill out their background questionnaires online for up to six weeks, the Office of Personnel Management announced on Monday. The ...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is still reeling after acknowledging that an attack may have exposed personal information on 18 million Americans.

Weeks after first disclosing massive breaches, OPM has shuttered a vital background check system in the face of newly discovered vulnerabilities. (Image: edited screen capture / OPM) Nearly a ...

Through the e-QIP system, OPM conducts more than 90 percent of the U.S. government’s background investigations – spanning 100 federal agencies from the FBI to the Department of Agriculture.

Fallout from the cyberattack on the US Office of Personnel Management is already starting: Federal background checks have been shut down for six to eight weeks as a “proactive” security measure.

News of the new NBIB comes after breaches in OPM’s systems compromised the identities of millions of federal employees and background check applicants in late 2014. The office is one of a number of ...

OPM is still trying to get in touch with people, six months after the cyberattack was disclosed. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

OPM: Only Federal Employees Will Do Final Review of Background Checks The move is in response to fraud charges against outside contractor that vetted NSA whistleblower and Navy Yard shooter ...

There was overlap in the breaches: About 3.6 million people whose data were compromised in the smaller personnel records breach also had records taken in the larger background check hack, making a ...